your top 5 vetivers

I know there have been quite a few vetiver topics and I am sorry if I am adding to it but I thought this would be good to gain information on the top of the line vetivers in your perspective. I am coming around to liking it and have not tried all the ones I have wanted yet here is what I have tried:

Le labo vetiver, guerlain,prada, creed, l'occitane,tom ford, hermes, encre( forgot the exact spelling) and have only liked the two creed vetivers and the l'occitane. Still looking for my daily signiture vetiver since l'occitane and the 1948 creed are no longer made. Probably will get original vetiver. But I digess, again sorry if this topic is getting repetitive.

Re: your top 5 vetivers

Originally Posted by DavidBond007

I know there have been quite a few vetiver topics ... again sorry if this topic is getting repetitive.

Vetiver is recognizable. By that it is possible to narrow the quest for a top five to that specific note. On the other hand, a vetiver perfume will comprise certain alterations to the main theme. These could be of interest, how the vetiver is rendered to a fragrance which should be more than deluted plant extract.

top1: Carven Vetiver (vintage). Reason: the lavender makes it. Lavender plus smoke plus rooty nuttyness is my personal idea of a handsomes man cologne. I dismiss (aromatic) fougeres for their unmotivated, hence irritating roughness. But the Carven is both manly and elegant as it is to the point (whatever that is).

Re: your top 5 vetivers

I like other vetivers, but they either suppress the vetiver note too much or they smell too similar to one of the three I've listed above. For example, Frederic Malle's Vetiver Extraordinaire may be great, but to me it smells too similar to Goutal's vetiver to put on my list.